"Gonzo Scientist" on-line column at Science Magazine
"Dance Your PhD" contest
Scientific career
Institutions
Primer[1] (current),
Science Magazine[2]
Harvard University[3]
Thesis
The role of the WSS operon in the adaptive evolution of experimental populations of Pseudomonas Fluorescens SBW25(2002)
Doctoral advisor
Paul Rainey
Website
www.johnbohannon.org
John Bohannon is an American science journalist and scientist who is Director of Science at Primer, an artificial intelligence company headquartered in San Francisco, California.[1] He is known for his career prior to Primer as a science journalist and Harvard University biologist,[3] most notably with his "Gonzo Scientist" online series at Science Magazine[4] and his creation of the annual "Dance Your PhD" contest.[5] His investigative journalism work includes:
critiquing the Lancet surveys of Iraq War casualties (2006)[6][7]
uncovering serious problems with the peer review process at a large number of journals that charge fees to authors (2013)[8][9]
showing how uncritical mass media can be of claims made in fake scientific papers (2015)[10]
Bohannon is involved in the effective altruism movement. In July 2015 he became a member of Giving What We Can, an organization whose members pledge to give at least 10% of their income to effective charities.[11]
^ ab"Who We Are". Primer. Primer.ai. Archived from the original on 4 September 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
^"John Bohannon". Science. American Association for the Advancement of Science. Archived from the original on 9 October 2018. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
^ ab"John Bohannon". Harvard University Program in Ethics & Health. Harvard University. Archived from the original on 15 October 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
^"The Gonzo Scientist". Science. American Association for the Advancement of Science. Archived from the original on 3 September 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
^Weingarten, Elizabeth (20 October 2011). "You Move Like a Sex-Crazed Fruit Fly". Slate. The Slate Group, a Graham Holdings Company. Archived from the original on 28 February 2017. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
^Bohannon, John (2006). "Epidemiology: Iraqi Death Estimates Called Too High; Methods Faulted". Science. 314 (5798): 396–397. doi:10.1126/science.314.5798.396. PMID 17053114. S2CID 21039672.
^Burnham, G.; Roberts, L.; Bohannon, J. (2006). "A Debate over Iraqi Death Estimates". Science. 314 (5803): 1241b. doi:10.1126/science.314.5803.1241b. PMID 17124305. S2CID 206578274.
^Bohannon, John (4 October 2013). "Who's Afraid of Peer Review?". Science. 342 (6154). American Association for the Advancement of Science: 60–65. doi:10.1126/science.342.6154.60. PMID 24092725.
^Bohannon, John (2013). "Who's Afraid of Peer Review?". Science. 342 (6154): 60–65. doi:10.1126/science.342.6154.60. PMID 24092725.
^Bohannon, John (27 May 2015). "I Fooled Millions Into Thinking Chocolate Helps Weight Loss. Here's How". io9. Gizmodo Media Group. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
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